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Documents defend Nixon visit as Chinese strategy I N. N Y Times Service HONG KONG Sources on Taiwan have released a set of documents said to have been procured from province in South China in which Chairman Mao Tse- Tse Tung's decision to invite President Nixon to Peking is defended as a term short ac ac- accommodation accommodation ac- ac accommodation with an enemy The cover sheets on m the document say that they were compiled a year ago by a propaganda unit of the political department of the military region apparently as part of a political education program for fairly ranking low low ng Communist party members in inthe inthe inthe the Peoples People's Liberation Army Analysts of Chinese affairs who have seen the documents find them plausible as part of a training program at that level Even if the documents were accepted as authentic the analysts point out they could not automatically be in in- interpreted interpreted interpreted as an authoritative statement on Chinas China's foreign policy The most striking feature of the documents is the strained and defensive tone in which the explanation of the new relationship with the United States is made Some comrades with a low level of political consciousness the documents assert have had difficulty seeing the difference between U S. S S Soviet collusion and Sino American negotiations The erring comrades think that Peking has embarked on a anew anew anew new policy but this is said to be bea a basic mistake reflecting their inability to understand the tactical situation of the moment Both the United States Slates and the Soviet Union are enemies the document goes on to say but China can neither fight them both at the same time nor consider the possibility of or allying herself with one against the other We act in light of changes chunges in fn situation it says tipping the scale diversely at different times to Another of the documents there are three in all aU amoun amoun- amounting amounting amounting ting to 36 typewritten pages asserts that the Soviet Union is seeking to complete major strategic encirclement of us usand usand usand and waiting for an opportunity to wage scale large-scale aggressive war against our country The document on relations with the United States builds blUds on that premise arguing that the invitation to Nixon not only assured Chinas China's admission to the United Nations but also shattered the scheme of U. U S. S imperialism and Soviet revisionism to isolate and en en- encircle encircle encircle circle our country

Documents defend Nixon visit as Chinese strategy I N. N Y Times Service HONG KONG Sources on Taiwan have released a set of documents said to have been procured from province in South China in which Chairman Mao Tse- Tse Tung's decision to invite President Nixon to Peking is defended as a term short ac ac- accommodation accommodation ac- ac accommodation with an enemy The cover sheets on m the document say that they were compiled a year ago by a propaganda unit of the political department of the military region apparently as part of a political education program for fairly ranking low low ng Communist party members in inthe inthe inthe the Peoples People's Liberation Army Analysts of Chinese affairs who have seen the documents find them plausible as part of a training program at that level Even if the documents were accepted as authentic the analysts point out they could not automatically be in in- interpreted interpreted interpreted as an authoritative statement on Chinas China's foreign policy The most striking feature of the documents is the strained and defensive tone in which the explanation of the new relationship with the United States is made Some comrades with a low level of political consciousness the documents assert have had difficulty seeing the difference between U S. S S Soviet collusion and Sino American negotiations The erring comrades think that Peking has embarked on a anew anew anew new policy but this is said to be bea a basic mistake reflecting their inability to understand the tactical situation of the moment Both the United States Slates and the Soviet Union are enemies the document goes on to say but China can neither fight them both at the same time nor consider the possibility of or allying herself with one against the other We act in light of changes chunges in fn situation it says tipping the scale diversely at different times to Another of the documents there are three in all aU amoun amoun- amounting amounting amounting ting to 36 typewritten pages asserts that the Soviet Union is seeking to complete major strategic encirclement of us usand usand usand and waiting for an opportunity to wage scale large-scale aggressive war against our country The document on relations with the United States builds blUds on that premise arguing that the invitation to Nixon not only assured Chinas China's admission to the United Nations but also shattered the scheme of U. U S. S imperialism and Soviet revisionism to isolate and en en- encircle encircle encircle circle our country